I just talked with my student. The police have released her brother's body and they were going to have the funeral this weekend. But since her mother does not have any insurance for him, the funeral will be at the beginning of next week because it is more expensive to have a funeral on a Saturday. I am allowing her to finish up the class this week by turning a a completed study guide as a take home exam. She isn't going home until Friday. I just can't imagine what their lives are like. I could tell that she did not really want to talk about the situation. I imagine that is how she is coping -- by just trying to take care of her work at school.